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Just Another Mountain JukeBox Copy ;) COMPLETED but SPEAKER BLOWN 11/12/2008
drawfull:
Veneer is absolute HELL to apply. We have had so many problems. It shrinks like a salted slug. The grain raises too so much when damp. We're using a waterbased stain. Big mistake. But it's all we thought we had. We actually have litres of methanol-based stuff but didn't find it til after the base and back door were stained.
So while these pics are before any sanding / trimming, rest assured that we might have to redo the lot. We wet the veneer (to raise the grain) then sand when dry. Then, wet again, sand again. Eventually the grain should stop raising, which means we can stain. It took 4 goes on the solid oak parts, but at least it worked. we have wet the veneered parts now several time on the main body and the grain keeps on rising. the major issue is the veneer is so thin, it's looking like getting to the point where there'll be nothing left to sand soon. Anyway, we've wet it one more time and are going to leave it alone til the morning.
Even with this problem, it actually looks MUCH better than these pics now. The joints are virtually invisble and part of me thinks it will turn out OK. It looks like we're going to miss the deadline of completion before holiday, so there will be a week break or so from updates after tomorrow unless I work on the artwork some more.
Anyway, here's the in prog pics of the veneering:
:cheers:
nuka1195:
looks good.
has your dad ever fumed white oak? i see you staining dark brown. you can get really good results fuming. nice chocolate brown.
i've read that european white oak is more consistant for fuming.
i only fume white oak.
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--- Quote from: nuka1195 on November 19, 2008, 05:20:40 pm ---looks good.
has your dad ever fumed white oak? i see you staining dark brown. you can get really good results fuming. nice chocolate brown.
i've read that european white oak is more consistant for fuming.
i only fume white oak.
--- End quote ---
I know his grandfather clock he built a few years ago out of european white oak, he fumed that. I'm not sure why we decided not to fume this. The oak we have for this goes very dark when fumed, but I'm happy with the stain.
(edited as I am stupid)
drawfull:
This is probably the last update for a few days or so. Once the veneer had set in place, we flush trimmed it, then sanded it to death as mentioned in the earlier post. These pics look a world better than before we did any of this work. I'm really pleased with it.
We also fit some real oak at the bottom of each side, about 12mm deep, which you can just make out in this pic. we were concerned that if the juke got a knock, the veneer would chip. This will stop that happening.
This was after all the sanding etc, it's not a brilliant pic but it gets the job done:
Before staining the main body, we had to fit the front and back arches:
From the front...
From the back (the two circular cutouts you can see in the frame are for power (at the top) and USB (at the bottom))...
This final pic shows the profile of the front and back arches in relation to the cabinet body. The front and back rise proud by 1mm each, kind of like t-molding...
There's a small chance I'll have some stained pics by end of today, but it is only a small chance... :)
Franco B:
Awesomes, just awesomes 8)
Can't wait to see it finished :)
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